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Loyal (album)

Loyal
Dave Dobbyn Loyal AlbumArt.jpg
Studio album by Dave Dobbyn
Released 1988
Label CBS Records
Dave Dobbyn chronology
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale
(1986)Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale1986
Loyal
(1988)
The Dave Dobbyn Collection
(1992)The Dave Dobbyn Collection1992
Singles from Loyal
  1. "Love You Like I Should"
    Released: March 1988
  2. "Loyal"
    Released: July 1988
  3. "Defying Gravity"
    Released: 1988
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Loyal is a 1988 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. After the Footrot Flats album, Loyal moved him further away from the pub rock of DD Smash and into contemporary pop rock. The album "confronts love, loyalty and the power of personal politics." The album reached number 9 on the New Zealand music charts.

The hit single Slice of Heaven from the Footrot Flats soundtrack was also included on the album, despite it being nearly two years old at the time of the album release. Dobbyn commented that the song fitted in with the general theme of loyalty.

All tracks written by Dave Dobbyn.

'Loyal' was awarded 'Best Album' at the 1988 New Zealand Music Awards. Dobbyn was also awarded 'Best Male Vocalist' (for the second year in a row). In 2012 journalist Simon Sweetman suggested that the album cover was one of the five worst in the history of New Zealand music.


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